Vice President Individual Giving

WCS seeks a Vice President, Individual Giving (VP) to build a high-functioning, strategic individual giving program. This is a unique opportunity for a proven, sophisticated development professional with excellent management experience and a track record of raising major gifts. The Vice President will be responsible for driving the development of the individual giving fundraising strategy and building a high-performing team charged with raising $30m annually.

The successful candidate will be a senior fundraiser with the vision, technical skill and management experience needed to build a thriving, donor-centric program that includes major gifts, principal gifts, planned giving, and the Annual Fund and Patrons Program. Creativity, a hands-on work and leadership style, and focus on results will be key to the VP’s success.

This position will be located in New York City and supervise staff in New York and San Francisco.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In partnership with the EVP and Vice Presidents for Institutional Advancement and Strategic Operations, develop a strategic plan for the Global Resources (GR) department that showcases WCS as the premier global conservation organization and inspires donors to invest in the mission and work of the organization.

Create and direct all aspects of the individual donor effort, including the creation of a comprehensive individual giving plan.

Manage, direct and build out a high-functioning individual giving team (in NY and CA), including principal gift officers, major gift officers, planned giving, and the annual fund and patron programs to increase and maximize the revenue from individual donors. Establish new standards of performance and a metrics-based evaluation.

Work closely with the EVP to build out a more robust Board that is capable of contributing 7- and 8- figure gifts to WCS, and of advancing Board engagement and recruitment.

Work with the head of planned giving to develop an effective planned giving program that delivers a robust and reliable stream of planned gift revenue.

Develop strong relationships with program personnel and effective ways to communicate their work to our donors and prospects, while encouraging collaboration with the GR team.

Increase the sophistication and effectiveness of donor engagement and solicitation. Work with individual giving team to build donor-centric cultivation methods that best identify, cultivate, solicit, and steward individual donors; develop effective moves management strategies that harness the many assets of WCS.

Provide leadership and mentoring to the individual giving staff; train and supervise a team of front-line fundraisers tasked with securing 6-, 7- and 8-figure gifts.

Directly manage a select pool of high-net-worth donors; participate in one-on-one cultivations and solicitations with donors.

Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree preferred.

Minimum 10 years’ progressive fundraising experience in major gifts fundraising, to include 3-5 years at a senior management level with comparable staff and budget responsibilities.

Ability to succeed in a highly complex organization—strong ability to influence and persuade others.

Strong written and verbal communication skills; outstanding interpersonal skills, judgment, and ability to collaborate with a wide range of colleagues at the local and global levels.

Appreciation and knowledge of wildlife and broader conservation history and strategies. Direct experience working with nonprofits working with wildlife and/or conservation is a plus.

Willingness and ability to travel.

Benefits:

Not Specified

Salary:

Commensurate with Experience

Posting Expiration Date:

3/4/2018

Company info

Wildlife Conservation SocietyWebsite : http://www.wcs.org/

Company Profile
The Wildlife Conservation Society, founded in 1895, has the clear mission to save wildlife and wild places across the globe. Our story began in the early 1900’s when we successfully helped the American bison recover on the Western Plains. Today, we protect many of the world’s iconic creatures here and abroad, including gorillas in the Congo, tigers in India, wolverines in the Yellowstone Rockies, and ocean giants in our world’s amazing seascapes.
Since our founding, we have forged the power of our global conservation work and the management of our five parks in New York City to create the world’s most comprehensive conservation organization. We currently manage about 500 conservation projects in more than 60 countries; and educate millions of visitors at our five living institutions in New York City on important issues affecting our planet. Our parks include: the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo.
With a commitment to protect 25 percent of the world’s biodiversity, we address four of the biggest issues facing wildlife and wild places: climate change; natural resource exploitation; the connection between wildlife health and human health; and the sustainable development of human livelihoods. While taking on these issues, we manage more than 200 million acres of protected lands around the world, with more than 200 scientists on staff.

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